Every day I get outside and take a walk near my house. Several days ago, I happened to 1 a coin on the road. But I 2 walking. After a while I started thinking of my 3. She likes collecting loose change. If she saw the coin, she wouldn't 4 it. I wanted to go back for it, but I thought it would be shaming if someone saw me 5 a coin.
Later that day I told my 6-year-old daughter Kate about the 6. As I expected, she didn't say, "Don't 7 it. It is only a coin. "Instead, Kate said, "I would have picked it up. When small coins are 8, they will become something important. " She 9 catches small opportunities (机遇).
Deep into the night, I thought of that coin again. I once stepped on 10 but passed by. I also thought of my opportunities. I lost many opportunities 11 I thought they were not important.
The next morning, I walked along the 12 road. I decided to pick up that coin if I saw it again. But it was 13. Someone else caught the opportunity which had belonged to me.
Since then, I have paid much attention to small opportunities around me. I began to understand that a small opportunity can be the 14 of something bigger. What a great life lesson! And it only 15 me a coin.
